17-01

Today STO goes F2P. They decided to add a bit of geekiness to the launch by choosing January 17th, and constantly writing it in the European format, with the day coming before the month. Hence, 17-01.  If you don’t get it, there’s a hint below (and, if you don’t get it, why are you reading such a geeky blog?).

I haven’t played STO since before Christmas. I was enjoying the DOFF system. Since I logged in last, they’ve added the final changes to the skill system; revamping the ground skill. I’ve not reset any of my characters skills.

I will eventually log back in. Probably when the next Feature Episode series is launched. Those are always enjoyable. And this next one is set around DS9.

But for now, my game time is sucked up by SWTOR. They are also doing a launch today, by releasing the first big content patch. Aside from bug fixes, nothing real interesting for me there since I haven’t reached level 50 yet. But even though it is a Star Wars game they, intentionally or unintentionally, also pay tribute to 1701 with the Jedi’s astromech companion, T7-01.